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Indentation in top of head

I was really hoping for a suggestion as to why I may have developed an indentation in the top of my head. At first I thought I was crazy, and that it was impossible for that to happen, but over the last few months it seems to have grown and now anyone who feels the top of my head can easily feel it. It scares me, especially since my husband had brain surgery less than 2 years ago- (symptoms completely different of course) I am 35 years old, the only time I remember hitting my head really hard is when I was in elementary school and I fell and hit my head on a tile floor. I have had a history of passing out and having seizures but the doctors never figured out for sure what caused it and it hasn't happened for a few years. The best they came up with was blood sugar, and dehydration as a cause for those episodes, although I never had a MRI or anything of my head. I don't get pains from it, it may be a little tender if I press on the indent kind of hard. Is there any condition that would cause my skull to cave in? please help!
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I think you should see a  neurologist I have a code in for head myself and I have been seeing a neurologist since I was five my four head caved in when I was five causing me to suffer seizures and now I don't have grandma seizures anymore passenger thousand 11 I fell and hit my head so hard that are not the grand mall seizures out of my head but I have light seizures now but suffer from migraines but I have what is called  linear scleroderma  it's very rare disease that you can't catch but what it actually is this an autoimmune disease I just found out this year so anyone who has a caved in forehead or  indentation  in there forehead they most likely have  linear scleroderma watches and I don't mean disease and they should see a neurologist Seizure doctor they can help you and tell you if you have it or not you still live a normal life but you just have to be careful you don't hit your head where the  indentation or where it's caved in it's caused by  too much Cartlidge in that area that's what's caused by
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Have you found anything out?
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Will someone who has posted about their dents post updates please, seeing people who have the same thing as me and promising to update but doesn't kind of worries me,lol.. Thanks!
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I'm 15 now and I was 14 when I realised that I had a dent at the right side of my skull/head. There used to be occasional pains but now its getting more and more frequent. Can someone suggest what to do please
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I'm only 18, and I found one over an hour ago, I'm getting pains it it, almost like a headache, except it feels as though there is fluid. Painkillers aren't working. It's on my left side lined up with my ear except much higher up, I'm afraid I won't wake up in the morning
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It's perfectly normal don't freak it!  Yes it is a calcium defeciency, not tumors, sunken skull,or any other creepy illness.  Some people have it some don't, but a lot of people are ashamed by this and don't talk about it. I've had mine all my life and the only thing  that bothers me is the fact that it is tender which could also be a result of having a soft spot in your head such as when you were a child. Bottom line is don't worry!
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